Islamic State Now Resembles the Taliban With Oil Fields
Bloomberg
With its reign of terror over a large population and ability to self-finance on a staggering scale, the extremist group that beheaded American journalist James Foley resembles the Taliban with oil wells. The Islamic State, which now controls an area of Iraq and …
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AP sources: US surveillance planes fly over Syria
Washington Post
WASHINGTON — The U.S. has begun surveillance flights over Syria after President Barack Obama gave the OK, U.S. officials said, a move that could pave the way for airstrikes against Islamic State militant targets there. While the White House says Obama …
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